Ironing-board.



A. S. REIGHEL.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. a, 1910.

Patented 001131,1911.

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ALVIN S. REIGHEIJY, OF POINT MARION, PENNSYLVANIA.

IRONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

Application filed March 8, 1910. Serial No. 547,030.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALVIN S. REICHEL, a' resident of Point Marion,y inthe county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards, of which the following isa speclfication.

This invention relates to improved means for removably securing anironing board to a wall or other support, the purpose beingto providefor readily connecting and disconnecting the board; also to provide animproved brace for the board.

In vthe accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section of theboard in operative position, the plane of section being line 1--1 ofFig. 2. Fig. 2 is a top plan of thesame. Fig. 3 is a detail of thesocket-formed Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of the connection between theboard and support on a larger scale than Fig. l. Fig. 5 1s amodification of the socket-formed support.

Referrin to the drawings, 2 designates an ironing oard of usual or anypreferred dimensions, and secured to one end thereofl is the angular.plate-like member 3, from whichA project outwardly the securing memberseach consisting of shank 4 and head 5. In the preferred construction theunder portion 4 of shank 4 is shorter than the upper portion 4, for thepurpose presently to be described.

The board is supported primarily by a socket-formed member secured to awall W or other sustaining means. In the present embodiment, the supportconsists of horizontal channel member 6, having its closed face 7disposed outwardly and formed adjacent one end with the slot 8 ofbayonetslot form open through the upper face of channel member 6, asindicated at 8', while `opening inwardly from the opposite end of thechannel support is slot 9. Orin.

place of slot 9 the support may be formed with two bayonet slots 10 .asin Fig. 5. The channelform of su port provides a space behind wall 7 forheads 5, and with the support constructed as in Fi 3, one head .entersat 8 and the other behind front wall 7 at the open end of slot 9, as indotted lines, Fig. 2, and then the board is moved horizontally, as willbe understood. With the construction of Fig. 5, both headed prpjeci 4tocomplete the connectionl The inner vertical sides of heads 5 areinclined so that the heads may be inserted in the slots of thesupporting member with the outer end of the board lowered, and hencewhen the board is brought to horizontal position the lower edges of theheads clamp the portions of the support immediately beneath the slots,as shown in Fig. 4, the Shanks of the heads being of -such length thatwhen the heads are inserted .in the slots they lie close to the innerface of the support. l

The board may be braced in its extended upper end hinged at 12 to theunder side ,of the board, and at its lower end having pin 13 pivotedthereto and removably entered in the vertical socket 14 secured to lwallW. The parts are preferably so proportioned as to cause the brace arm toexert upward pressure of the board, yraising the latter slightly andsufficiently to cause the lower thickened portion 5 of each head tocramp or bind the portions of wall 7 beneath the slots and thus hold theboard from slipping horizontally and preventing it from beingaccidentally disconnected.

When not in use the board may be readily taken down and put out of theway, and when in position for ironing or other work it is securely fixedand stoutly supported.

I claim: l

The combination of a supporting lmem'- ber formed with horizontal slotsin its front face with space at the rear of the slots and with saidslots open at corresponding ends,

an ironing board, headed projections secured to one end of the boardwith the inner faces of the heads of said projections Q Loomis@ theboard located outwardly from the supln testimony whereof I ax mysignature ported end thereof and operating to susin presence of twoWitnesses.

tain the board in such elevated position as to cause the lower portionsof the heads to i ALVIN S.' RECHEL' b bind; the front Wall of thesupporting memv Witnesses:

ber at the base of the slots and hold the A. K. JENKINS,

board from moving horizontally. W. S. DILLINGER.

